A FEW CHAPTERS FROM MY LIFE

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A FEW CHAPTERS FROM MY LIFE

• David Blount
• LIBR 560Foundations of Information Technology
• January 30, 2004
• boojiboy_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KENTUCKY

• My family had been in Central Kentucky for
  several generations until last year when my
  parents moved further South to retire.
• My brother and his family are the only Blounts
  that live there now.

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KENTUCKY IS FAMOUS FOR
HORSES
WHISKEY
BASKETBALL
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THE STATES OFFICIAL RELIGION IS UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY BASKETBALL
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I RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

• WHAT TO DO NEXT?
• MORE SCHOOL TO BECOME A TEACHER IN SOUTH ASIAN
  POLITICS
• LAW SCHOOL
• TRAVEL AND WORK ODD JOBS

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I DECIDED TO TRAVEL AND WORK ODD JOBS

• MOVED TO COLORADO
• SOLD OFFICE PRODUCTS
• MADE FALAFELS
• SUPERVISED THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM IN NORTH DAKOTA
  FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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AFTER COLORADO EVERY PLACE BECAME A BLUR

• BACK TO KENTUCKY
• THEN TO GEORGIA
• BACK TO KENTUCKY
• THEN TO TEXAS
• BACK TO KENTUCKY

• THEN TO CZECH REPUBLIC
• BACK TO KENTUCKY
• BACK TO COLORADO
• AND FINALLY BACK TO KENTUCKY AGAIN!!!

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FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS I MANAGED A USED BOOKSTORE

• THE STORE WAS LOCATED BETWEEN

• A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR THE MENTALLY IMPAIRED

• A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR CONVICTS JUST OUT OF PRISON

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AFTER THE BOOKSTORE WAS UNEMPLOYMENT UNTIL I
BEGAN TO SELL MY OWN BOOK COLLECTION

• My store is called Star Rover Books in honor of
  Jack London

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NOW IM HERE AT SLAIS
BEING BURIED BY BOOKS!
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SEE Y'ALL LATER